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A  description  of  the  methods  of  looatiog, 
working  and  holding  mining  claims.    Ex- 
tracts from  United  States  and  Canadian 
mining  laws  and  government  reports 
upon  Alaska  mining.    A  full  and 
correct  map  of  Alaska  with  a  com- 
plete table  of  railway  and 
4 .  \  3    steamship  fares  to  the 
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^STHE  KLONDYKE  MIKES 

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GOLDEN  VALLEY  OF  THE  YUKON. 


WHERE  IS  THE  KLONDYKE  RIVER? 

About  sixty  miles  south  of  St.  Michael's,  Alaska, 
and  emptying  its  waters  into  Behring  Sea,  is  the 
Delta  of  the  mighty  Yukon,  a  river,  greater  in  length, 
discharging  a  larger  volume  of  water,  and  navigable 
for  a  greater  distance  than  any  other  river  on  the 
American  Continent. 

For  3,000  miles,  its  rushing  waters,  teeming  with 
fish,  run  between  banks  lined  with  Missions,  Indian 
villages  and  small  trading  posts,  and  through  a 
country  whose  scenery  is  indescribably  grand  and 
magnificent. 

Vessels  of  large  tonnage  sailing  up  this  stream 
meet  with  no  obstruction  save  the  swift  flowing 
current. 

Following  the  course  of  this  river  for  1,890  miles 
from  St.  Michael's  the  Klondyke  River  is  reached 
where  its  waters  pour  into  and  swell  the  current  of 
the  Yukon. 

Situated  at  the  junction  of  these  two  rivers  and 
distant  about  fifty  miles  from  the  boundary  line 
dividing  Alaska  and  the  British  possessions  is  Dawson 
City,  the  scene  at  the  present  time  of  the  greatest 
mining  excitement  in  the  history  of  the  world,  and 


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compared  with  which  the  Kaffir  strikes  in  South 
Africa  and  the  great  Californian  and  Australian 
discoveries  of  1849  and  the  early  50's  sink  into  utter 
insignificance. 

For,  Avhile  immense  discoveries  were  made  in  cer- 
tain localities  throughout  those  countries,  in  Alaska 
the  entire  valley  of  the  Yukon  and  its  tributaries 
seems  to  be  filled  with  paying  gravel,  one  report 
stating  that,  in  thirty  days,  four  men  working  one 
claim  on  Eldorado  Creek,  took  out  *80,000  in  coarse 
gold  and  nuggets.  Anotlier  prospector  took  out 
ninety-six  pounds  of  gold  for  three  days'  work  on 
Stewart  River.  Other  discoveries,  equally  as  rich, 
have  been  made  on  McMillan,  Pelly  and  Sixty  Mile 
Rivers,  and  also  on  Copper  River  and  Henderson 
Creek.  It  is  estimated  that  the  clean  up  for  the 
coming  winter's  work  will  be  over  ten  million  dollars. 

What  the  United  States  Director  of  the  Hint  says 
of  the  Alaska  Qold  Fields  in  the  "  World." 

The  information  I  have  myself  received  confirms 
the  truth  of  the  telegrams  to  the  daily  papers  con- 
cerning the  richness  of  the  newly  discovered  gold 
fields.  I  leurn  from  the  San  Francisco  Mint  that 
one  million  dollars  of  gold  has  been  received  in  that 
city  from  the  Klondyke  district,  and  from  Helena, 
Montana,  that  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  from 
the  same  source  has  been  deposited  at  the  United 
States  Assay  Office  in  that  city.  On  Ji  ly  1 7th,  1897, 
n  steamship  from  St.  Michael's  passed  Po  t  Townsend, 
Wash.,  with  i  .ore  than  a  ton  of  solid  goM  on  board, 
that  the  metal  was  worth  nearly  $700,000,  and  that 


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most  of  it  was  taken  out  of  the  ground  in  less  than 
three  months.  The  mineral  belt  of  Alaska  has, 
according  to  Professor  Emmons,  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey,  a  longitudinal  extent  of  about 
one  hundred  miles  in  a  northwestern  and  south- 
western direction.  Tt  is  said  to  be  only  a  few  miles 
wide.  The  drawbacks  in  the  Klondyke  district  will 
necessarily  partake  of  the  luiture  of  those  in  Asiatic 
Russia.  The  severity  of  the  climate  there  will,  as  in 
Siberia,  reduce  tlie  labor  year  to  abouc  one  hundred 
days.  The  sands  can  only  be  washed  in  summer  and 
the  production  is  thus  reduced  to  about  one-third  of 
what  it  would  be  in  a  more  favorable  latitude. 

To  the  prospector  who  intends  to  visit  the  original 
discovery  claims  on  the  Klondyke  river,  all  that  is 
necessary  after  leaving  Dawson  City  is  to  follow  the 
well  defined  trail  to  the  mines  over  the  low  range  of 
hills  or  divide,  which  form  the  north  side  of  the  valley 
of  the  Klondyke.  Tliis  is  about  sixty  miles,  and  ho 
will  then  be  in  the  very  heart  of  the  mining  region. 
He  will  find,  however,  that  all  tiiebest  claims  in  that 
immediate  neighborhood  have  been  taken  up,  but 
there  yet  remains  an  undeveloped  and  unexplored 
country  of  hundreds  of  miles  in  extent  which  only 
awaits  the  prospector's  pick  to  develop  riohes  as  great 
as  those  already  discovered.  In  fact,  it  is  now  said 
that  between  Porcupine  river  on  the  north  to  Copper 
river  on  the  south  a  miner  cau  find  paying  claims  on 
any  of  tlie  intervening  creeks  and  rivers. 

What  is  known  as  "pay  gravel  "lies  below  the 
bottom  of  the  creeks,  and  is  obtained  by  sinking  a 
shaft  through  the  frozen  ice,  mud  and  debris  to  the 


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bed-rock,  where  the  richest  gravel  is  encoan.'ered. 
This  bed-rock  is  usually  divided  by  numerous  cracks 
and  lissures,  and  in  these  crevices  the  richest  finds 
are  generally  made,  the  reason  being,  that  wlien  the 
gold  is  ground  from  the  face  of  the  vein  or  lode  by 
the  erosive  action  of  the  glaciers  and  other  natural 
forces  the  fine  ])article8  and  small  nuggets  are  carried 
with  other  debris  down  the  stream  by  the  current,  and 
being  very  heavy,  are  caught  and  held  by  any  projec- 
tion they  may  meet  or  any  lioUow  they  may  find  in 
the  bed  of  the  stream.     After  digging  to  the  bed-rock 
the  method  followed  is  usually  tunneling— a  tunnel 
being  driven  up  or  down  the  bed   of  the   creek  in 
the  direction  of  the  lead.     Owing  to  the  frozen  con- 
dition of  the  soil  fires  must  be  kept  burning  contin- 
uously in  the  prospect  hole  in  order  to  thaw  out  the 
ground.     The  gravel  is  then  removed  and  the  gold 
washed  out  by  hand.     One  method  followed  is  to  dig 
out  and  cord  up  all  the  frozen  gravel  that  you  can 
during   the  winter   and  wash   out  the  gold-  in  the 
summer,  when  water  is  plentiful  and  the  weather 
more    suitable— the   thermometer  ranging  for    two 
months  in  mid-summer  as  high  as  eighty  degrees, 
while  in  winter  forty  degrees  below  zero  is  considered 
very  mild,  sixty  and  seventy  below  zero  being  nothing 
unusual. 


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HOW  TO   REACH    THE    KLOND\KE    MINING 
REGIONS  BY  WAY  OF  CHILCOOT  PASS. 

Upon  arriving  at  Juneau,  the  intending  prospector 
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the  Chilcoot,  Chilcat,  Takou  and  White  i'asscs  and 
the  Teslin  trail.  Of  these  the  (!hilcoot  I'ass  seems  to 
bo  the  favorite,  probably  because  the  country  has  been 
80  little  explored  that  other  and  better  passes  are  at 
present  unknown.  In  order  to  reach  Dawson  City  by 
the  CliiUoot  route  the  prospector  proceeds  fiom 
Juneau  11. ">  miles  up  Lynn  Cunal  to  Dyea,  where  he 
will  have  to  help  unload  the  vessel  bringing  his 
supplies.  At  Dyea  there  is  no  wharf,  and,  as  the 
shore  is  very  flat  and  the  tide  rises  and  falls  about  23 
feet,  the  beach  is  covered  every  high  tide  for  probably 
a  mile  inland.  Hence  all  landing  of  goods  is  done  by 
the  ship's  boats  and  lighters.  From  this  point  to  the 
mines  he  is  thrown  entirely  upon  his  own  resources. 
The  trail,  after  leaving  Dyea,  follows  the  course  of 
the  Dyea  River  and  Canyon  for  eight  miles,  and  then 
begins  a  long  and  hard  climb  to  the  summit  of  the 
pass,  about  three  thousand  feet  above  the  sea.  After 
crossing  the  summit  the  descent  is  steep  for  a  short 
distance  and  then  a  more  moderate  slope  for  ten 
miles  to  the  head  of  Lake  Linderman  ;  the  entire 
distance  of  25  miles  being  exceptionally  hard,  rough 
and  dangerous  climbing.  At  Lake  Linderman  there 
are  scows  that  can  be  hired  for  the  trip  to  the  foot  of 
the  lake,  where  there  is  about  one  mile  of  portage  to 
Lake  Bennett.  In  the  spring,  about  the  middle  of 
April,  when  the  rivers  and  lakes  are  open  to  naviga- 
tion, a  raft  should  be  built  at  the  head  of  Lake 
Bennett  for  the  journey  of  seventy  miles  to  the  foot 
of  Lake  Marsh.  These  rafts  should  have  an  upper 
deck  or  staging  erected  about  two  feet  above  the  raft 
proper,  in  order  that  the  miner's  supplies  may  be 


kept   above   the  water,   which   at  times   will   wash 
entirely  over  the  raft ;  the  supplies  should  also,  as  far 
as  possible,  be  packed  in  rubber  or  other  water-tight 
bags.     A    few    miles    below    Lake    Marsh    are    the 
dangerous  White  Horse  Rapids,  down  which  the  raft 
must  be  guided  by  lines,  and  keeping  to  the  right 
hand  side,  until,  at  the  White  Horse,  further  progress 
is  barred  by  rocks;  making  a  portage  here,  another 
raft  or  l)oat   must  be  built  below  the  rapids,  and 
the  voyage  continued  for  two  hundred  and  twenty 
miles,  passing  through  Lake  Labarge  and  down  the 
Lewis  Tliver,  to  the  Five  Fingers,  which  are  formed 
by  four  large  masses  of  rock  standing  upright  in  the 
river,  making  five  different  channels,  from  whence  it 
derives  its  name,  and  of  which  the  right  hand  passage 
is  the  only  one  practicable.     Up  to  this  point  the 
voyage  down  the  lakes  and  rivers  is  rather  a  dangerous 
one,  as  the  channel  abounds  in  rocks  and  reefs,  some 
of  them  projecting  above  water,  but  many  of  the 
others,  anc'  the  most  dangerous,  lying  a  few'  inches 
below  the  .  irface  ;  these  cannot  be  seen  until  you  are 
almost  upon  them,  and  have  caused  the  wreck  of 
many  boats  and  the  ruin  of  the  supplies  ard  of  the 
men  who  owned  them.     From  the  Five  Fingers  the 
voyage  is  a  pleasant  one,  as  a  short  sail  of  about  sixty 
miles  brings  our  prospector  to  where  the  Lewis  and 
Pelly  Rivers  unite  to  form  the  noble  and   mighty 
Yukon,  the  giant  river  of  the  north ;    from  this 
point,  on  the  bosom  of  the  greatest  of  rivers,  amid 
grand  and  beautiful  scenery,  through  a  country  filled 
with  fish  and  game,  he  enjoys  a  delightful  sail  of 
four  hundred  and  ninety  miles  to  Dawson  City. 


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NoTR.— I'p  to  tlic  middle  of  April  it  is  Ixttcr  to  tiso  nlcds 
from  the  iicud  of  Liilic  Iiin<l('rmiin  to  tl»'  foot  of  I.iilte  Miirsli, 
whore  n  raft  muHt  be  constructed  to  pass  the  Wliile  Horse 
Itapids :  sledding  is  imiially  good  on  t)ie  firm  ice  near  tlie 
banljs  of  tlio  laltes  and  rivers. 

BY  THE  CHILCAT  PASS. 

By  this  route  the  traveller  is  landed  at  Skiigua,  a 
town  so  recently  located  that  it  is  not  shown  upou  !ui/ 
of  the  present  maps,  but  is  situated  a  few  miles  froii 
Dyea,  and  where  the  same  conditions  exist  foi' 
unloading  supplies.  From  Skagua  the  trail  i  iis  to 
the  northward  through  the  Chilcat  Pass  u  Lake 
Br^Tst,  whence  the  course  is  the  same  as  given  in 
the  preceding  pages.  Opinion  irf  about  evenly  diviiled 
as  to  which  pass  is  preferable  ;  by  t^e  ChilcooL  Iloiile 
there  is  less  actual  climbing  and  more  water  travel, 
while  the  admirers  of  the  Chilcat  Pass  claim  that  as 
being  shorter  and  the  pass  an  easier  one.  The 
Teslin  trail  is  said  to  be  easier  than  either,  but 
as  yet  there  has  been  no  positive  information  received 
regarding  it. 

UNITED  STATES  MINING  LAWS 

PROM  THE 

Revised    Statutes   of   the    United    States. 
QuAHTZ  Miking. 

Section  3320. — A  mining  claim  located  after  the 
tenth  of  May,  1872,  located  by  one  or  more  persons, 
may  equal,  but  shall  not  exceed,  fifteen  hundred  feet 
along  the  vein  or  lode  ;  but  no  location  of  a  mining 
claim  shall  be  made  until  the  discovery  of  the  vein  or 


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lode  within  the  limits  of  the  claim  located.  No 
claim  shall  extend  more  than  three  hundred  feet  on 
each  side  of  the  middle  of  the  vein  at  the  surface  ; 
the  end  lines  of  each  claim  shall  be  parallel  to  each 
other. 

Sec.  2331. — Proof  of  citizenship  may  consist,  in 
the  case  of  an  individual,  of  his  own  affidavit  thereof; 
of  persons  unincorporated,  of  tlie  affidavit  of  their 
authorized  agent ;  and  in  the  case  of  a  corporation 
organized  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  by 
the  filing  of  a  certified  copy  of  their  charter. 

Sec.  2322. — The  locator  of  all  mining  locations 
shall  have  exclusive  right  of  posession  and  enjoyment 
of  all  the  surface  included  within  the  lines  of  their 
locations. 

Sec.  232 1. — On  each  claim  located  after  May  tenth, 
1872,  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  worth  of 
labor  shall  be  performed  or  improvements  made 
during  each  year. 

Sec.  2325. — A  patent  for  any  land  claimed -may  be 
obtained  by  filing  in  the  proper  land  office  an 
application  for  a  patent,  under  oath,  together  with  a 
plat  and  field  notes  of  the  claim,  made  by  direction  of 
the  surveyor-general,  showing  boundaries  of  the  claim, 
marked  by  monuments  on  the  ground,  and  shall  post 
a  copy  of  such  jilat  and  a  notice  of  application  in  a 
conspicuous  place  on  the  claim,  previous  to  filing  an 
application  for  a  patent,  and  shall  file  an  affidavit  of 
at  least  two  persons  that  such  notice  has  been  duly 
posted  ;  and  shall  file  a  copy  of  the  notice  in  such 
land  office.  The  claimant  within  sixty  days  of 
publication,  shall  file  with  the  register  a  certificate  of 


im  located.  No 
hundred  feet  on 
I  at  the  surface  ; 
e  parallel  to  each 

may  consist,  in 
affidavit  thereof; 
ffidavit  of  their 
of  a  corporation 
nited  States,  by 
charter. 

mining  locations 
n  and  enjoyment 
lie  lines  of  their 

[  after  May  tenth, 
iollars  worth  of 
rovements    made 

i  claimed -may  be 
land  office  an 
together  with  a 
de  by  direction  of 
iries  of  the  claim, 
d,  and  shall  post 
application  in  a 
rious  to  filing  an 
le  an  affidavit  of 
e  has  been  duly 
i  notice  in  such 
1  sixty  days  of 
er  a  certificate  of 


the  surveyor-general  that  $.500.00  worth  of  labor  has 
been  expended  or  improvements  made  upon  the  claim 
by  himself  or  grantors,  that  the  plat  is  correct  and 
identify  the  claim  by  reference  to  permanent  monu- 
ments. 

PLACER  niNINQ  LAWS. 

Sec.  2320. — Placer  claims  include  all  forms  of 
de^josit  except  veins  of  quartz  or  other  rock  in  place, 
and  siuiU  be  subject  to  entry,  under  like  circum- 
stances and  upon  similar  proceedings,  as  are  provided 
for  vein  or  lode  claims. 

Sec.  23.30. — No  location  of  a  placer  claim,  made 
after  July  9th,  1870.  shall  exceed  160  acres  for  any 
one  person  or  association  of  persons. 


Persons  claiming  mineral  lands  under  the  laws  of 
the  United  States  inust  be  citizens  of  the  United 
States  or  have  declared  their  intentions  of  becoming 
citizens. 

Copied  from   Ilandbooh  86,    isstccd   by   the    United 
States  Government  on  Alaska  Mining. 

Professor  Spur.  .        ' 

In  each  gulch,  prosptctors  are  at  liberty  to  stake 
out  claims  not  already  taken,  the  size  of  the  claims 
being  determined  by  vote  of  all  the  miners  in  each 
gulch,  according  to  the  richness  of  the  gravel.  The 
usual  length  of  a  claim  is  about  five  hundred  feet 
along  the  stream  and  the  total  width  of  the  gulch 


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bed,  which  is  ordinarily  narrow.  When  a  ^  cospector 
lias  thus  staked  out  his  claim,  it  is  recorded  by  and 
with  one  of  the  miners,  who  is  elected  by  his  fellows 
in  eacli  gulch  for  that  purpose,  and  this  secures 
him  sufficient  title. 

Extracts  from  Canadian  Mining  Laws. 

Sec.  7. — If  any  person  or  persons  shall  discover  a 
new  mine  and  such  discovery  shall  be  established  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  Gold  Commissioner,  a  claim 
for  the  bar  diggings,  750  ft.  in  length,  may  be 
granted.  A  new  stratum  of  auriferous  earth  or 
gravel  situated  in  a  locality  M'here  the  claims  are 
abandoned  shall  for  this  purpose  be  deemed  a  new 
inine,  although  the  same  locality  shall  have  prev- 
iously been  worked  at  a  different  level. 

Sec.  9. — A  claim  shall  be  recordeil  with  the  Gold 
Commissioner  in  whose  district  it  is  situated,  within 
three  days  after  the  location  thereof,  if  it  is  located 
within  ten  miles  of  the  Commissioner's  Office.  One 
day  extra  shall  be  allowed  for  making  such  record 
for  every  additional  ten  miles  and  fraction  thereof. 

Sec.  11. — Entry  shall  not  be  granted  for  a  claim 
which  has  not  been  staked  by  the  applicant  in  person 
in  the  manner  specified  in  these  regulations. 

Sec.  12.— An  entry  fee  of  $15.00  shall  be  charged 
for  the  first  year  and  an  annual  fee  of  *10.00  for 
ea(!li  of  the  following  yeai's. 

Sec.  13. — After  recording  a  claim,  the  removal  of 
any  post  by  the  holder  thereof,  or  any  person  acting 
in  his  behalf,  for  the  purpose  of  changing  the  bound- 
aries of  his  claim,  shall  act  as  a  forfeiture  of 
the  claim. 


len  a  i  cospector 
ecorded  by  and 
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nd  tliis  secures 


ng  Laws. 

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)e  established  to 
ssioner,  a  claim 
ength,  may  be 
lerous  earth  or 
the  claims  are 
deemed  a  new 
ball  haAe  prev- 
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[  with  the  Gold 
situated,  within 
if  it  is  located 
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licant  in  person 
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B  of  «il0.00  for 

the  removal  of 
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Canadian   Mining   Laws. 

Sec.  1-i.— The  entry  of  every  liolder  for  a  grant 
for  places  mining  must  be  renewed  and  his  receipt 
relinquished,  and  replaced  every  year,  the  entry  fee 
being  paid  eacli  year. 

Sec.  15.— No  miner  shall  receive  a  grant  for  more 
tlian  one  mining  claim  in  the  same  locality,  but  the 
same  miner  may  hold  any  number  of  claims  by  pur- 
chase, and  any  number  of  miners  may  unite  to  work 
their  claims  in  common  on  such  terms  as  they  may 
arrange,  provided  such  agreement  be  registered  with 
the  Gold  Commissioner,  and  a  fee  of  *5.00  paid  for 
each  registration. 

Sec.  IC— Any  miner  or  miners  may  sell,  mort- 
gage, or  dispose  of  his  or  their  claims,  provided  such 
disposal  be  registered  with,  and  a  fee  of  $5.00  paid 
to  the  Gold  Commissioner,  who  shall  thereupon  give 
the  assignee  a  certificate  of  his  title. 

Sec.  17.— Every  miner  shall,  during  the  continu- 
ance of  his  grant,  have  the  exclusive  right  of  entry 
upon  his  own  claim  for  the  miner-like  working 
thereof,  and  the  construction  of  a  residence  thereon, 
and  sliall  be  entitled  exclusively  to  all  the  proceeds 
realized  therefrom,  but  he  shall  have  no  surface 
rights  therein. 

Sec.  18.— Every  miner  shall  be  entitled  to  tlie  use 
of  so  much  of  the  water  naturally  flowing  through  or 
past  his  claim,  and  not  already  lawfully  appropriated, 
as  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Gold  Commissioner, 
be  necessary  for  the  working  thereof,  and  shall  be 
entitled  to  drain  his  own  claim  free  of  charge. 


m' 


Sec.  19.— a  claim  sliall  be  deemed  fo  be  aban- 
doned and  open  to  entry  and  occupation  by  any 
person,  when  the  same  shall  have  remained  unworked 
on  woi-king  days  by  the  grantee  tliereof,  or  by  some 
person  m  his  behalf,  for  the  space  of  seventy-two  hours 
unless  sickness  or  other  reasonable  cause  may  be 
shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Gold  Commissioner, 
or  unless  the  grantee  is  on  leave  given  by  the 
Commissioner. 


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WHAT  THE  PROSPECTOR  SHOULD  CARRY. 

What  a  man  should  take  in  the  way  of  provisions 
nnd  elotlnng  depends  solely   upon  the  time  of  the 
year  he  goes  into  the  gold  fields,  and  the  duration  of 
his  stay.     To  one  starting  in  the  fall,  and  intending 
to  winter  in  the  country,  a  full  year's  provisions  and 
the  heaviest  wool  and  fur  clothing  are  necessary;  to 
those  going   in   the  spring,   and   who   intended    to 
return  in  the  fall,  only  a  moderate  amount  ^f  food 
and  the  ordinary  rough  working  clothes  of  the  miner 
are  rec|uired.     What  he  should  take  in  the  food  line, 
depends  more  upon  his  purse  and  his  taste  than  any- 
thing else.     A  man  can  live,  work  hard  and  thrive 
upon  very  coarse  fare,  but  if  he  can  pay  the  cost  of 
packing  over  the  passes,  there  is  no  reason  why  he 
should  not  have  many  of  the  luxuries  to  which  he 
has  been  accustomed.    One  preparation  that  is  invalu- 
able, IS  hme  juice  tablets,  as  the  diet  of  salt  pork  and 
greasy  biscuit  upon  which  most  miners  live,  is  very 
conducive  of  the  scurvy,  which  lime  juice  prevents 
and  cures.    These  should  be  taken  even  if  something 


(t^ 


ed  to  be  aban- 
ipation  by  any 
lined  unworked 
3of,  or  by  some 
enty-two  hours, 
cause  may  be 
Commissioner, 
given   by   the 


LD  CARRY. 

'  of  provisions 
e  time  of  tlie 
tie  duration  of 
and  intending 
provisions  and 

necessary;  to 
'   intended    to 
ount-of  food, 
1  of  the  miner 
the  food  line, 
ste  than  any- 
l  and  thrive, 
ly  the  cost  of 
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3  to  which  he 
hat  is  invahi- 
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live,  is  very 
lice  prevents 
if  something 


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that  is  more  of  a  luxury  must  be  left  out  of  the  pack. 
A  few  tools,  suitable  for  boat  building,  some  good 
stout  fishing  tackle,  oakum  to  calk  your  boat  for  the 
voyage  down  the  river:  each  party  should  be  provuled 
with  axes,    and   a  good   whip  saw,    to  rip  out  the 
boards  for  jour  boat.     A  liberal  supply  of  arms  and 
ammunition  should  be  taken,  not  that  there  is  any 
especial   danger  to   human   life,   as  the   Northwest 
Police  are  famous  for  keeping  order,  but  to  give  you  a 
day's  sport  now  and  then,   and  possibly  a  supply  of 
fresh  meat,  something  very  valuable  in  all  mining 
camps.       In   regard   to   the    cost  of    packing,    the 
Indians  charge  30  cents  a  pound  from  Uvea  to  T.ake 
Linderman    through   the    Chilcoot   Pass;   over   the 
Skagua  Trail,  the  charge  is  :55  cents  per  pound  for 
horse  packing.     A  good  horse  taking  ^50  lbs.  to  the 
pack:  by  man  power,  the  cost  is  40  cents  per  lb.,  and 
the  weight  of  a  pack  is  100  lbs.     A  man  to  carry  a 
100  lb.  pack  over  these  mountains  must  be  exceptionally 
strong  and  sound  in  every  particular.     On  the  Yukon 
route  from  St.  Michael's,  after  leaving  the  steamer 
at  Dawson  City,  freighting  in  the  summer,  by  Indian 
packers,  costs 'SilK). 00  per  100  lbs.    to  the  Klondyke 
River,  sixty  miles  over  the  divide.    Winter  freighting 
on  dog  sledges  costs  ilO.OO  to  113.00  per  100  lbs.  for 
the  same  distance.     All  necessary  supplies  can  bo 
bought  in  Juneau  at  reasonable  figures,  and  in  any 
quantity,  the  best  time  to  take  supplies  across  the 
passes  is  from  March  to  September. 


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RATES  OF  FARE. 

^,         „      „        .  l8t  Class.  2d  Class. 

J roin  San  FraiKisco  to  Juneau |40  00  «21  00 

From  San  Francisco  to  Dyoa 48  00  29  00 

From  Seattle  to  Juneau 32  00  17  (K) 

From  Seattle  to  Dyea 40  00  25  00 


Ist  Class.  2(1  Class. 

From   New   York  to  Seattle  by  rail ;  )     $81  50  §69  75 

duration  of  trip  about  seven  days.  [-       79  50  «7  75 

)       78  50         

Sleeping  car  bertb  to  Seattle 20  50  9  00 

Meals  in  the  Dining  Car,  |1.00  each. 

Baggage  allowed  each  pas.senger  to  Seattle,  150  pounds. 

FitoM    Xkw  York    via    Panamvv,  including    meals 

AND    BeHTH. 

1st  Class.  Steerage. 

f'ull  fare  $120  00  $50  00 

Children  under  twelve 60  00  25  00 

Children  uiider  six 30  00  12  50 

Children  under  two  years  of  age,  free. 
Servants  of  either  sex,  two-thirds  of  cabin  rate." 
Baggage  allowed  each  cabin  passenger,  200  pounds. 
Baggage  allowed  each  steerage  paasenger,  150  pounds. 
Excess  baggage,  six  cents  per  jiound. 


Recapitulation. 

Fake  from  New  York  to  Juneac. 

1st  Class. 
By  rail  to  Seattle  and  steamer  to  Juneau  )    S149  00 
and  Dyea,  including  meals  in  Din-  [•         to 
ing  Car  and  berth.  )      152  00 

Fare  from  New  York  to  Dyea. 

1st  Class. 
By  rail  to  vSeattle  and  steamerto  Juneau  i    $157  00 
and  Dyea,  including  meals  in  Din-  ;-        to 


Dyi 
ing  Car  and  berth 


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160  00 


2d  Class. 

$113  75 

to 

115  75 


2d  Class. 

1121  75 

to 

123  75 


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!)lnss. 
)  00 
i  00 
!  00 
)  00 

2d  Class. 

121  00 

29  00 

17  (M) 

25  00 

^lass. 

2d  CIa.ss. 

50 
50 
50 
50 

afl9  75 
«r  75 

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50  pounds. 

DINO 

MKAI.S 

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00 
00 
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Steerage. 
$50  00 
25  00 
12  50 

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pounds. 

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2d  Class. 

00 

$lia  75 

to 

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115  75 

EA. 

a.ss. 

2d  Class. 

00 

1121  75 

to 

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123  75 

Steerage. 

$71  00 
79  00 


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By  clitiing  at  depot  restaurants  or  taking  advantage 
of  opportunities  other  than  tliose  offered  by  the 
d=ning  oar,  the  cost  of  meals  may  be  reduced  about 
$10.00  making  tlie  second-chi.s8  fare  cost  from  *10:J.75 

to  $105. ;5. 

lat  Class 

Fare  from  New  York  to  Juneau,  via  the 

Panama  route »1»"  '" 

Fare  from  New  York  to  Dyea  ....   ...     1«H  00 

By  this  route  all  meals  and  berth  are  included.  

"~Thc  duration  of  this  voyage  from  New  York  to 

Juneau  is  about  28  to  30  days.     A  transfer  is  made 

by  rail  across  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  where  a  steamer 

is  taken  for  San    Francisco.      Another  transfer   is 

made  here  to  the  Juneau  boat,  and  still   another  at 

Juneau  to  the  boat  for  Dyea,  making  three  changes 

between    New    York    and   Dyea.      Baggage  may  be 

checked  to  San  Francisco. 

Fake  from  New  York  to  Dawsox  City;    m  Rail  to 
Seattle  and  thknce  via  St.  Michael's  and 

THE    YVKON     RiVEK. 

Distance  from  Seattle  or  San  Fnmcisco  "^o«t  4  TOO  miles. 
First  Class  via  Seattle  to  D.u'son  Ci  y . . .  ?267  50  to  §-.0  .,0 
Second  Class  via  Seattle  to  Dawson  City.     2.^0  75  ti)    238  .0 

From  Seattle  to  Dawson  (Mty  first  and  second-class  fare  is 
the  same. 


1st  Class.     2d  Class. 
Fare  from  New  York  to  Dawson  Citv,  via 
Panama.  St.  Michael's  and  the  Yukon 
Kiver,  meals  and  berth  meluded. . . .  $270  00       «>-"»"" 
These  rates  of  fare  are  not  guaranteed  for  any  length  of  lime 
.,«  t   p  fare  between  San  Francisco  and  Puget  Sound  is  at 
Jresent  cut  from  $15.00  and  $7.50  to  $8.00  and  $4.00. 


The  time  occupied  in  making  the  run  from  San 
Francisco  to  Juneau   is  eight  or  nine  days.     From 


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Piiget  Sound  or  Portliiiul,  P\e  or  six  days.  The  run 
from  Seattle  to  Juneau  or  Dyea,  being  entirely  on 
inland  waters  is  sniootli,  free  from  sea-sickness,  and 
amidst  the  most  magnificent  scenery  in  the  world. 

From  San  Francisco  or  Seattle  to  Dawson  City,  via 
St.  Michael's,  the  usual  faro  is  tloO.OO,  the  sailing 
days  are  irregular  and  infrequent,  and  the  accommo- 
dations are  limited.  The  voyage  to  St.  Michael's  is 
in  the  open  ocean  and  at  times  very  rough. 

List  of   United    States  Officers    in   Alasl<a,  fur- 
nished by  the  Department  of  the  Interior, 
August  7th,  1897. 

John  G.  Brady,  Governor,  Sitka. 
Albert  D.  Elliot,  Clerk  of  Court,  Sitka. 
William  J.  Distin,  Surveyor-General,  Sitka. 
John  W.  Dudley,  Register  of  Land  Offic^e,  Sitka. 
Rnswell  Shelly,  Receiver  of  Public  Moneys,  Sitka. 
Caldwell  W.  Tuttle,  Commissioner  at  Sitka.- 
Kenneth  M.  Jackson,  Commissioner  at  Wrangel. 
Lycurgus  R.  Woodward.  Commissioner  at  Tnalaska. 
John  Y.  Oatrander,  Commissioner  at  Juneau  City. 
Philip  Gallaher,  Commissioner  at  Kadiak. 
John  E.  Crane,  Commissioner  at  Circle  City. 
L.  B.  Shepard,  Commissioner  at  St.  Michael's. 
John  U.  Smith,  Commissioner  at  Dyea. 
Chas.  H.  Isham,  Comm'ssioner  at  Unga. 
Chas.  S.  Johnson,  District  Judge,  Sitka. 
Burton  E.  Bennett,  U.  S.  Attorney,  Sitka. 
Alfred  J.  Dale,  Asst.  TJ.  S.  Attorney,  Sitka. 
James  M.  Shoup,  U.  S.  Marshal,  Sitka. 


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